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if you’ve been following me long enough you know I love a mimic. From my false faced mermaids that I’ve been painting for years to butterfly dragons, I’m a big fan of illusion in the bestiary world.

godziller

perhaps the largest of all lizards. as a child, i thought dearest godzinker to be sacrilegious, perhaps even obscene, for the god in his name. i was naive then, not yet educated of his loving ways, and his tender embrace.

sometimes godzillus is a man and sometimes he is a computer. my preferred form is when they play up the god aspect. not a divine god, but some sort of primordial, vengeful deity, either in truth or essence.

it has been a while since I watched it, but even in the first movie they offhandedly mention godzilla as a legend of sorts before he appears in the flesh. KOTM for all its flaws did a good job portraying the monsters as ancient gods arisen again. godsworth must be an animalistic god. godzilla in many cases is a mostly indifferent, destructive force of nature. as a god, worshipped, worshipping godziller is like worshipping the sun. him still being very much an animal in many ways makes it cool. he usually has no real goal besides perhaps protecting the earth/natural order, or maybe revenge. not a god because of any benevolent creation or overseeing of mankind, but simply because of his immeasurable power. i like it vague though. shin is supposed to be some sort of strange sea creature. the original is some kind of relict marine reptile. anyways upon becoming godziller the mere animal becomes a god.

i dont know. my original point is that i like all godzillers but for more serious godzillus stories I prefer a more ambiguous origin playing up the force of nature/god of destruction aspects. the 90s films have him as a literal t.rex-esque dinosaur that just got nuked and mutated from the radiation. it's just a bit silly even for godzilla, depending on the godzilla in question. i recall some internet debate over whether it would be more inexplicable to find a fairy or a walrus upon one's doorstep. while a walrus is confirmed to exist, it would perhaps be far stranger to find one on your doorstep than a fairy, as should a fairy exist, they probably would go about soliciting and harassing homeowners with their fairy magic. a walrus, however, despises humanity and prefers the saline waters of the arctic north.

my point is that while in ways it is more plausible for godzilla, should he exist, to be some kind of mere animal, however mutated, given his magical powers and constant violation of the laws of physics, he is perhaps more believable as a god. considering the inexplicability of existence itself, perhaps deep within the silent gulfs of space there lurk godzillers of sorts, awaiting love. i do like a lot of the mutant animal godzillas, as that is basically every godzilla.

Evgeny Khamatov

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Icon for Quematrice; The Flame Tail Wyvern! 10/22

Born of thunder and lightning, this being has been learning and gathering knowledge since ages long forgotten by all but him. For this legendary being, knowledge is power.

The legend of The Last King.....Part 3

The king returned to his kingdom, thinking he had tricked the two Titans and that his reign would now be eternal. But as he sat down on his throne to rest, he felt a powerful tremor. He looked up and saw how in the south a huge volcano rose, spewing fire with great power, and from the north a huge blizzard lashed out with its winds, freezing everything in its path. The king laughed, confident in his grand plan, but the destruction spread further into the neighboring lands, battering the walls of his kingdom.

And when the flame and ice collided, the Titans decided to confront their old rival once more, starting a battle. The king was terrified as he watched his kingdom being devoured by flames from the south and trapped by ice from the north, with the Titans drawing ever closer, promising destruction once the kingdom became their new battlefield. The king ran to the wise Pokémon, begging for help.

“Oh, Lord of Thunder, please help me. The Titan of Fire and the Titan of Ice have awakened. My castle is burning in flames, and my fields are withering under the frost. How can I save my kingdom? How will I save my crown?”

The Pokémon asked how this was possible, and the King, consumed by fear, forgot to hide the dark truths in his heart, and the Sage of Thunder could see what the king had done.

Oh lord of thunder, how can I save my throne? How will I save my treasures? "

"Don't worry, my lord. I will save the kingdom's greatest treasure, but I have no more words of help for you, for now I see the truth in the hearts of humans."

So the wise Pokémon disappeared before the king's eyes, using his powers to save as many of the kingdom as he could. But in the castle, the king sat on his throne, watching as the high castle walls collapsed, and the last thing to fall was an empty throne, which was buried beneath the ruins. Although the wise Pokémon wanted to stop the titans, he had to wait 10 days and 10 nights during which the powerful Pokémon fought tirelessly, until finally, the Pokémon were exhausted. Then, the Sage of Thunder used his powers to put them back into a deep sleep.

The Titan of Fire returned to his volcano and sealed the entrance with lava so he could rest.

The Titan of Ice returned to his island and created a huge wall of ice so he could rest.